George W. Bush Accepts Prestigious Liberty Award With Bloody Hands
Shared by Cherise | truthout.org | 2018-11-15
Like a ghastly echo that is old enough to vote, the news is once again thrumming with stories of an election recount in Broward County. Eighteen years ago, a similar recount was disrupted by one of the most indefensible Supreme Court decisions ever made, and the world began its inexorable slide toward the abyss that now confronts us. Because gallows humor is how doom is endured, there is (of course) an internet meme to mark the moment: A photo of an older, grayer Al Gore above a caption that reads, "Florida Recou…
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US Intel. Will Bring Assange to US in Chains
Ann Garrison | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-15
It appears increasingly likely Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange will wind up in the clutches of the U.S. government. | It's hardly surprising, given that in ten years' time, Wikileaks published more classified information than all other media combined. It … | The post US Intel. Will Bring Assange to US in Chains appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/us-intel-will-bring-assange-to-us-in-chains/5660003

Pompeo's Albright Moment Arrives
Tom Luongo | iranian.com | 2018-11-15
It's getting harder and harder for Pompeo and Trump to defend their positions on Israel and Saudi Arabia as their behavior becomes more erratic and shameful. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is not a very bright guy. He is, like his boss, a thin-skinned bully with a narrow view of the world focused on US […] | The post Pompeo's Albright Moment Arrives appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/15/pompeos-albright-moment-arrives/

Theresa May's No-Brexit/Brexit Deal
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-15
On June 23, 2016, majority UK voters supported leaving the EU — what Western Europe countries never should have agreed to in the first place — subordinating their sovereignty to America. | The European Union was a CIA creation. Harry Truman's … | The post Theresa May's No-Brexit/Brexit Deal appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/theresa-mays-no-brexitbrexit-deal/5660021

In SF, Activists Along the Political Spectrum Protest Trump's Firing of Sessions
RRPTS | indybay.org | 2018-11-15
On November 8 in hundreds of cities and towns across the nation, an estimated 100,000 Americans took to the streets to defend Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Trump's collusion with Russia in influencing the 2016 presidential race. In San Francisco a large crowd, from loyal Democratic Party members to participants from groups from the far left, gathered in Civic Center Plaza to be part of the national call to action. Photos by Rachel Podlishevsky and Terry Scussel. Please credit the photographers. Top photo by Terry Scussel.
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Mueller again? Trump bashes 'disgraceful' Russia probe
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-15
As midterm-bolstered Democrats double down on special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into alleged 2016 'Russian collusion', President Donald Trump is lashing out, calling the probe a "disgrace" and "total witch hunt." | …
rt.com/usa/444115-trump-russia-probe-mueller-indictments/

Facebook deletes WSWS post on Sri Lanka
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-14
Facebook is acting as an agent of the US intelligence agencies, which see the growing audience for international socialism as an obstacle to their efforts to exploit ethnic divisions in developing countries.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/14/pers-n14.html

Clapper's Credibility Collapses
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-14
Former DNI James Clapper had his own words read back to him by Ray McGovern, exposing his role in justifying the Iraq invasion based on fraudulent intelligence. Clapper Admits Gross Intelligence Failure on Iraq WMDs But Still Escapes Justice By… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/14/clappers-credibility-collapses/

COMMENTARY: US Intel Will Bring Assange to US in Chains
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-14
It appears increasingly likely Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange will wind up in the clutches of the U.S. government, says Ann Garrison. United States Will Bring Assange to US in Chains By Ann Garrison It appears increasingly likely Wikileaks… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/14/us-intel-will-bring-assange-to-us-in-chains/

Zarif Calls Out Pompeo: Says He Must Take Responsibility For Saying He Wants To Starve Iranians
Tehran Times | iranian.com | 2018-11-14
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo must take responsibility for his own words by announcing that the U.S. is seeking to starve Iranians through sanctions. The remarks by Zarif came after Pompeo made a sharp attack on Newsweek magazine that published his words to starve the […] | The post Zarif Calls Out Pompeo: Says He Must Take Responsibility For Saying He Wants To Starve Iranians appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/14/zarif-calls-out-pompeo-starve-iranians/

She hit me first! 'Porn lawyer' Avenatti arrested on suspicion of domestic violence
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-14
Controversial attorney Michael Avenatti, who represented adult film actress Stormy Daniels and claimed Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a gang rapist, was arrested on allegations of felony domestic violence in Los Angeles. | …
rt.com/usa/444009-avenatti-arrested-domestic-violence/

The Government is Our Teacher
Dana E. Abizaid | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-14
"Our government is the potent, omnipresent teacher." At his death sentencing in 1997 Timothy McVeigh, the infamous Oklahoma City bomber, spoke words that every American should take to heart when confronted with violence perpetrated by US veterans. Quoting Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, McVeigh stated,…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/14/the-government-is-our-teacher/

Sri Lanka crisis escalates as Supreme Court overturns Sirisena's dissolution of parliament
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-14
The Supreme Court made its ruling after hearing 12 fundamental rights petitions challenging Sirisena's dissolution of parliament on November 9.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/14/sril-n14.html

Acting AG Matt Whitaker Scrutinized over His Radical Judicial Beliefs & Past Dirty Work for GOP
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-13
Controversy is growing over President Trump's selection of Matt Whitaker to serve as acting attorney general following the ousting of Jeff Sessions. The state of Maryland is heading to court today to challenge the legality of Whitaker's appointment. The state contends that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should have been named acting attorney general instead of Whitaker, who was not confirmed by the Senate for his previous post–chief of staff to Sessions. Meanwhile, pressure is growing on Whitaker to recuse himself from overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling i…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/13/acting_ag_matt_whitaker_scrutinized_over

Brennan and Clapper Should Not Escape Prosecution
Eric Ortiz | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-11
Recently declassified documents show that the former CIA director and former director of national intelligence approved illegal spying on Congress and then classified their crime. They need to face punishment, writes John Kiriakou. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/11/john-brennan-and-james-clapper-should-be-prosecuted-for-breaking-the-law/

Civil rights under threat in name of national security
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-09
One of the usual threats trotted out by governments proposing what would otherwise be considered radical attacks on civil liberties is national security. | The Australian newspaper reported on June 8 that Attorney-General Christian Porter was demanding urgent passage of two separate espionage and foreign interference bills following "intelligence advice of an accelerated escalation in hostile foreign activity over the past 12 months". | The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security had just published a 400-page report containing 60 recommendations, giving the green light to the first bill, the Es…
greenleft.org.au/content/civil-rights-under-threat-name-national-security

Spanish law on trial as Catalan leaders face jail
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-09
In recent weeks, senior judges in the loftiest halls of the Spanish legal system — the Supreme Court, the National High Court and the Constitutional Court — have been exposed as subverters of a fair legal process, lackeys of Spain's almighty banking elite and bumbling incompetents, writes Dick Nichols from Barcelona. | The revelations of their unfitness to judge guarantees the Spanish legal establishment's impending show trials of Catalan political leaders and law officers will be the most politically explosive since the transition from the Franco dictatorship in the late 1970s. | Next January, 18 for…
greenleft.org.au/content/spanish-law-trial-catalan-leaders-face-jail

The West is Failing Julian Assange
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-06
While media focused on Julian Assange's cat rather than his continuing arbitrary detention, evidence shows Britain worked hard to force his extradition to Sweden where Assange feared he'd be turned over to the U.S., as Stefania Maurizi explains. By Stefania… Read more ?…
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